My recent enforced bedstay led me to appreciate both France 24 and Al
Jeezeera news,,,
as opposed our celebrity driven network gossip outlets.
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm afraid I'm addicted. I listed to NPR all day and BBC all night. I
> NEVER watch TV news except for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, and they all suck!
> >
> > News organizations today exist essentially to scare you, or at least to
> > keep you worried and on edge. Try a week without news. It will improve
> your
> > life. Don’t give me that rubbish about needing to be informed, etc. About
> > 99.999 percent of news content concerns sabertooth tigers outside caves
> > that are nowhere near where you live, work or vacation. They are not
> going
> > to eat you. They are not going to threaten you. You cannot hear them roar
> > if you walk out into your dooryard. Their threat is brought to you by
> news
> > organizations. Newspapers are bad enough because they are being beaten
> down
> > by the internet and they are desperate. Television news is nattily
> dressed
> > excrement. Yes, even the BBC.
> >
> > A week.
> >
> > Try it.
> >
> > --Bob Whitmire
> > Certified Neanderthal
> >
> > On Aug 26, 2014, at 1:34 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Amen!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > On 26 Aug 14, at 00:43, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> BBC does a much better job with the world news than any USA news
> outlet.
> > >
> >
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